Google

The Pros:Free, as in free beer. Or free cake. Excellent search. Fast, clean, simple. Not evil, in general.

The Cons:If Google goes evil, we're all screwed. Ubiquitous search creates a market for SEO which in turn leads to link spam, fake blogs, and other annoying behavior. Could be more open about how they work - too much of a black box.

Google IS the Internet. Well, it's not true, but it certainly feels that way quite often. Perhaps it's a deserved title with services (on top of their search) like GMail, Google Video, Google Desktop Search, Picasa, Froogle, Google Maps, Google Local, and the list goes on and on.

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Amanie: #google What do you think of the new preview button? I love it. I hate going to sites and then finding the data totally useless. At least now you can check to see whether a page load is worth it. Nov 24, 10

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Omar: At first I didn't like the previews coming up, it was unexpected and quite jarring. But you do make a good point. How many times have you landed on some stupid page that's just full of ads, at least this will help with that. I have to start using it in that fashion and maybe my opinion will turn around. Will give it a shot... Nov 24, 10

ScottP: Yeah I like it as well. I think it's going to make searching things more efficient. No more giving sites my clicks that don't deserve it. Nov 24, 10

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Amanie: And hopefully with this feedback loop (which I'm sure Google has), the crappy sites will fall by the wayside. I'm not totally convinced Google always has the user's best interest at heart at all times - they obviously have a conflict of interest with their own Google Ads - at least it should improve search results somewhat. Nov 24, 10

Erik: It's good for checking sites that you're not quite sure about in a safe way without wasting time visiting the page. Nov 24, 10